K-Pop Domination: IFPI Global Album Chart Top 10

K-Pop’s Global Domination: Stray Kids, Seventeen Lead Album Sales Charts. K-pop acts, including Stray Kids and Seventeen, dominated global album sales last year, taking seven of the top 10 spots on the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry’s Global Album Sales Chart, data showed Friday.

Stray Kids’ “Karma” claimed the second spot on the 2025 ranking, followed closely by Seventeen’s “Happy Burstday” in third place and Enhypen’s “Desire: Unleash” in fourth. Global pop sensation Taylor Swift topped the prestigious list with “The Life of a Showgirl.”

The K-pop wave continued with Tomorrow X Together’s “The Name Chapter: Together” securing No. 6, Zerobaseone’s “Never Say Never” landing at No. 7, Ive’s “Ive Empathy” achieving No. 9, and G-Dragon’s “Ubermensch” rounding out the top 10.

This IFPI chart, which meticulously combines physical album sales with paid digital downloads, also spotlighted other Korean musical gems within the top 20, including NCT Wish’s “Color” (11th), &Team’s “Back to Life” (13th), Riize’s “Odyssey” (15th), aespa’s “Rich Man” (16th), and Boynextdoor’s “No Genre” (18th).

In IFPI’s separate Global Album Chart, which incorporates streaming data, the original soundtrack of Netflix’s highly acclaimed animated film “KPop Demon Hunters” made a remarkable entry at third place. Stray Kids’ “Karma” followed in sixth place, Seventeen’s “Happy Burstday” in 12th, Enhypen’s “Desire: Unleash” in 16th and “rosie” by Blackpink’s Rose in 19th. Once again, Taylor Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl” led the chart. (Yonhap)